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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 09:58:04 -0400, CrudeSausage    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 2024-10-03 12:40 a.m., Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >> Perhaps a law should be enacted that any computer software that is "no   
   >> longer supported" should be made open source.   
   >   
   >It happens a lot but there is no law pushing for that. Nevertheless,   
   >what you mentioned above is true albeit most hypothetical. In most   
   >cases, even obsolete formats can be read by the new suites because there   
   >is a converter built into the software. I imagine this was a problem in   
   >the 90s with the format of 80s software which suddenly disappeared, but   
   >it no longer seems to be true. Still, I agree that formats should be   
   >open-source.   
      
   I don't know about Linux, but Windows 11 cannot run programs that are   
   used to read or create older documents, and if you put earlier   
   versions on a new computer Microsoft won't let you run them. Windows   
   XP, the 32-bit version anyway, should be made open source.   
      
      
      
      
      
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